Hat-pin.



No. 793,018. PATENTED JUNE 20, 1905. A. A. McRAE.

HAT PIN.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 7. 1903.

"MZITNEEEEEI INYJENTUE.

5 QM m TTNTTED STATES Patented June 20, 1905.

ARlHUR A. MORAE, OF ATlLEBORO, MASSAUHUSFYIYTS.

HAT-PIN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 793,018, dated June 20, 1905. Application filed October 7, 1903. Serial No. 176,070.

Be it known thatl, ARTHUR A. UoRAu, a citizen of the United States, residing at Attleboro, in the county of Bristol and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful improvement in Hat-Pins, of which the following is a specil'icatilim.

This invention has reference to an improvement in hat-pins, and more particularly to an improvement in the head of a hat-pin.

The heads of hat-pins as heretofore constructed have been either rigidly secured to the pin or secured to a spring placed intermediate the head and the pin to give a vibratory motion to the head of the pin.

The object of my invention is to give a 1'0- tatory motion to the head of a hat-pin when acted upon by a current of air, and l accomplish this object by forming arms or blades at an angle on the head and rotatably securing the head to the pin.

My invention consists in the peculiar and novel construction of a hat-pin having a knob at one end, a cap loosely surrounding said knob. and an ornamental head with a cup member having lingers adapted to be bent around said cap to rotatably secure the head to the pin, as will be more fully set forth hereinafter.

Figure l is a side view of my improved hatpin, showing the rotatably-secured head with its arms set at an angle and the enlargement on the pin near the head forming a stop to limit the inward movement of the pin in the hat. Fig. 2 is a front view of the rotatable head, showing the head and arms having an ornamental design. Fig. 3 is a back view of the rotatable head, showing the means for r0- tatably securing the head to the pin; and Fig. 4 is an enlarged sectional view, taken on line X X of Fig. 2, through the rotatable head, showing the pin having a globular knob inclosed in a socket secured to the back of the head by solder or other means.

In the drawings, indicates a pin having the point u, the enlargementforming the stop and the globular knob (1 on the head end of the pin. The head 6 is struck from sheet metal and formed to have a plurality of radial arms 1/ 7/, set at an angle to the axis of the head The cup has a plurality of the lingers e (1' extending outward from its lips and is secured centrally on the back of the head by solder. The semispherical cap (I, having the central hole (1', through which the pin (1 extends, holds the globular knob a of the pin in the cup v and is secured to the cup by bending the lingers c a on the cup over the cap, as shown in Figs. 3 and l. The cup 0 and cap 1/ form a socket on the back of the head 7) loosely litting the knob u on the pin.

By my improved construction of a hat-pin the head is rotatably secured to the pin and revolves on the pin when acted upon by acurrent of air. The head may be of any ornamental design. lVhen ornamented by bright cutting or with jewels, a very pleasing effect is attained.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent In a hat-pin, a stem, with a knobat one end, a cap loosely surroundingsaid knob, an ornamental head with a cup member secured thereto having lingers adapted to be bent around said cap to rotatably secure the head to the pin, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specilication in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

AltTllUlt A. MoltAE.

\Vitnesses:

ADA E. lliuunrrv, J. A. M'Imniu, Jr. 

